The Buffalo Bills were able to secure a huge victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, 33-30, to improve to 5-1 on the season. Allen identified a key offensive strategy to help keep Raiders defensive standout Maxx Crosby at bay. Allen had a productive day, throwing for 255 yards and two touchdowns while taking only two sacks for a 13-yard loss. James Cook also had a standout outing, rushing for 95 yards on 22 carries with a touchdown.

Asked Josh Allen about facing Maxx Crosby, whom he’s competed against in both college and the NFL.

“He’s a fantastic football player. But our goal is to not let him wreck the game, and I think we did that tonight.”#RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/sUGyp4UMWO

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When asked how the Buffalo offensive line kept Crosby from taking over the game, Allen praised the defensive stalwart and outlined a simple game plan that helped Buffalo secure the win.

“Well, you got to know where he's at at all times. It's no secret our protection plan was to get some hands on him, slide his way, and not let him impact the game in a major way. He's going to make plays. He made a lot of plays in the run game. That's going to happen. He's a fantastic football player, but our goal was to not let it wreck the game, and I think we did that.”

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Crosby had another focus following the loss. In his post-game comments, he talked about the team's inability to close out games and ways the team could improve.

“We got to look at the film and figure out what we need to do better in the second half. I feel like the first few games, we did really good in the second half. The last couple of games, we haven’t. We got to obviously watch the film first, but we’ll see what that looks like. The effort, the energy, everything was there. I felt like today we just got to get better from it.”